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Flightdeck Friday – MIA Edition: WWII Navy Aircrew Returns Home

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Last year, a small group of us spent the better part of the summer and fall writing on the Solomons Campaign.  That drawnout slugfest in the southwest Pacific receives little notice beyond Guadalcanal and some discussions regarding Santa Cruz.  The purpose of that exercise (here and over at USNI’s blog) was to surface the larger…

Postcards from Deployment: Of Wogs and Shellbacks…

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Crossing the Line. The boisterous ceremonies of “crossing the line” are ancient and their derivation is lost.  It is well known that ceremonies took place long ago when the ship crossed the thirtieth parallel, and also when going through the Straits of Gibraltar.  Early ceremonies were rough and to a great extent supposed to try…

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U.S. Navy Awards E-2D Aircraft Contract

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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — In a decision that will save the federal government about $369 million,  Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded a $3.643 billion multi-year procurement contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. on June 30 for 25 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The five-year contract covers the purchase of full-rate production (FRP) E-2D…

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Midway 70 Years Later and the Dauntless on My Desk

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In every battle there is a moment when the combatants, and the world, seem to catch their breath. It is a fleeting moment, lost in the blink of an eye. But in that same blink, everything changes. Such moments are borne of desperation, of courage, of plain dumb luck. But they are pivotal —  for…

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Remembering Intrepid – Time For Her Crew To Come Home: UPDATE #2 – Senate Bill Thwarted at the Last Minute

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Intrepid (ɪnˈtrÉ›pɪd) —adj: fearless; daring; bold Most folks today, when asked about the USS Intrepid, will point to the Essex-class carrier (CVS-11) bearing the name and serving as a museum ship in New York City.  While having a long and distinguished career (known as the “Fighting I” to those who sailed in her), that Intrepid…